Cooking from Scratch
Imagine if you could have potato chips that were actually good for you. You can, sort of. Well, you can have kale chips. They are just as addictive as potato chips, only made from that super-veggie, kale, and they are nearly as tasty (let’s face it, for taste, potatoes are hard to beat). And, they are probably the best way to use kale. Continue reading “Kale Chips”
When we first joined the CSA about six years ago — while we knew it was the right thing — we were sometimes daunted by the produce. As we found out, you get a lot of produce that you might not buy at the store, or that we weren’t buying, at any rate. One such example is fennel. Sure, we’d seen it at the store, but we didn’t know what to do with it, so why buy it? With the CSA, you get fennel sometimes. Sure you can trade, but we toughed it out and figured, hey, people eat this, let’s learn how. At first we’d use it along with a bunch of roasted vegetables, or maybe dice finely into a tomato sauce to give it a fennelly flavor, but it never got to the point of actually looking forward to fennel. Continue reading “Fennel Gratin”
Some people say that making good buttermilk biscuits is an art, and so they pick up those poppin’ cans of “dough,” and think that those are good biscuits. While it’s not necessarily an art to make light flaky biscuits, there are a few things you must keep in mind when you’re making the dough. First, work the dough quickly, gently, and knead it only a few times. Second, when you work in the butter, it must be cold (freeze for 15 minutes, if you want), and don’t try to get the butter mixed in uniformly. With these two things in mind, let’s bake! Continue reading “Best-Ever Biscuits”
Have you priced granola in the store lately? Yeah, us too. We’re not buying it! It’s way too expensive.
Instead we happen to have a recipe for the best granola we’ve ever tasted. And it is so simple that once you make it, you’ll be making it every week, just like we do. Yep, every week, right after baking bread, we mix up and bake a batch of granola. The oven is hot, we love it for breakfast; it’s a winning combination. Continue reading “Best-ever Scratched Granola”
Here’s a nice little Christmas gift for you: Chili-Lime Peanuts. They are fast and easy to make up (yay!), really tasty (bet you can’t eat just one), and perfect snacking for New Year’s Eve (they’ll pair nicely with the finest Champagnes, and even the Champagne we buy)! Continue reading “Chili-Lime Peanuts”
You and I both know people who buy hummus. And while that may work for a quick little snack (it’s difficult to make just a small batch of hummus), when you’re going to need enough for a few dozen people you’ll want to scratch it up yourself. Fortunately, it’s easy. Continue reading “Scratched Hummus”
In this and the next post, we’re going to make a great little treat that would be appropriate for those who have been nice: bear paws. But, making bear paws requires two steps and the first step is to make some scratched caramel.
“Oooo!”I hear you saying, “making candy is hard. You need all kinds of specialized equipment, it’s just so not worth it to make it at home. Besides, it takes forever, right?” Continue reading “Cream Caramels”